Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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FNUS73 KUNR 161818
FWSUNR
Spot Forecast for Sherwood RX...WYNCD
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
1118 AM MST Sun Nov 16 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 MST on November 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...The rest of today will be mild and dry with temperatures
in the mid 50s and southeast winds at 10 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Cloud cover increases tonight with chances for rain after 2300
MST. Fair to good RH recovery overnight (60 to 76%) with maximum
RH attained at around dawn. Winds will be light and generally from
the southeast.
Chances for rain over the forecast site increase through tomorrow
morning with winds shifting to the west to northwest but
remaining light. Rain amounts through tomorrow afternoon will be
less than 0.1" (chance of wetting rain is around 30%).
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........39 to 48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 10 mph with gusts to
around 20 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......2000 to 2500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair.
TIME (MST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........23 21 20 18 17 20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............55 56 56 55 53 50
RH..............41 39 41 44 48 54
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..9 9 9 9 10 10
20 FT wind gust.20 20 20 20 18 15
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 2.3 2.5 1.6 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.S S S SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.21 18 16 16 16 15
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of rain
late in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
southwest after 3 am, then shifting to the
northeast early in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......500 to 1000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 15 mph shifting to the
northeast early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........23 24 28 21 35 49 67 69 94 92 91 90
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............49 49 49 48 48 48 48 47 48 48 47 44
RH..............56 56 56 58 58 58 58 60 58 60 63 76
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW NE
20 FT wind spd..10 9 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 2
20 FT wind gust.15 13 13 13 12 9 9 7 7 6 6 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E NE
Transp wind spd.15 14 13 13 13 13 12 12 10 10 10 10
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain in the
morning, then rain likely late in the morning.
Chance of rain late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........75 to 80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds will generally be from the west to
northwest at 3 to 6 mph, gusting up to 14
mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................30 percent.
Mixing height.......1300 to 1800 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 15 mph shifting to the north
late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........98 98 92 92 89 86 89 92 95 95 96 96
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
Temp............42 41 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 49 48 47
RH..............79 82 86 82 82 79 78 77 77 76 76 77
20 FT wind dir..N N NW NW W W W W W W NW NW
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.1 0.7
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.12 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 10
$$
Forecaster...EW
Requested by...Hanje - GPC
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2525956.3/UNR
.DELDT 11/16/25
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